Gran Turismo 7’s latest trailer sheds light on a bunch of new features coming to the PS5 (and PS4) racing game, one of which is the return of dynamic time and weather.
Dynamic time and weather was a feature seen in Gran Turismo 5 and 6, but was absent for Gran Turismo Sport. GT Sport only had fixed times for each track, with post-launch updates adding in fixed wet weather conditions for a handful of tracks.
GT7 will have dynamic weather and time, something hard confirmed from GTPlanet’s interview with GT series producer Kazunori Yamauchi.
“The time and weather changes are continuous, in real time,” Yamauchi said. “You can also set the time progression for a certain race to a multiple that you want.
“Everything from the temperature, to the humidity, to the surface temperature of the track, to the cars passing over puddles to spray the water off the track. All those new things are implemented and calculated within the physics.”
Yamauchi also confirmed that not all tracks will have dynamic weather and time, but at least we now know from the PlayStation Showcase 2021 trailer that a handful of real-life circuits to feature them including the Nurburgring, Circuit de la Sarthe (home of the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race) and Tsukuba Circuit.
Even in GT5 and GT6 dynamic weather and time are limited to specific circuits, so this comes as no surprise for fans of the series. Still, having it back as a feature is already a major step up from GT Sport. It’s probably possible for anyone to do a 24-hour race with time appropriately changing on the track that supports dynamic time.
Gran Turismo 7 is set to be out on March 4, 2022 (unless the usual delays happen) for the PS4 and PS5.
Source: GTPlanet